Gene mutations can be passed on to future generations and drive natural selection. choose the best description of how gene mutations are involved in evolution.
a. all gene mutations are passed to future generations and over many generations will contribute to the evolution of new species.
b. gene mutations can be , harmful, or neutral for an organism's survival. only mutations that are in the organism's environment would influence its survival and reproduction.
c. gene mutations can be dominant or recessive for an organism. dominant genes will be adaptive for future generations, but recessive genes won't.
d. gene mutations often skip generations, with advantageous traits showing up several generations after the gene mutation was first introduced.

Which of the following are causes of coastal erosion? check all that apply. beach grasses and other plants trap windblown sand. wave action carves away the coastline. groundwater under pressure is forced to earth’s surface. artificial structures stop the natural flow of sand along the coast. underground caves collapse as bedrock is dissolved.

Which of the following statements most accurately describes convergent evolution? the process in which two similar species evolve separately from each other and share similar characteristics the process in which a single species evolves into two or more new species the process in which two entirely different species evolve in response to each other the process in which two different species evolve separately from each other but still share similar characteristics

Rease is an enzyme used by plants to break down urea (a nitrogen-containing compound) into carbon dioxide and ammonia. urease urea > > > carbon dioxide and ammonia ammonia is broken down by plants into a nitrogen source plants need to grow. thus, plants could not use urea as a nitrogen source unless it was first converted to ammonia. in soybean plants there are two different kinds of urease, one produced in the seeds and the other produced in the leaves of the plant. three types of soybean plants were used in a set of experiments: normal soybeans and two mutant strains, one lacking the urease in the seeds only (strain 1) and one lacking urease in the leaves only (strain 2). experiment 1 separate areas in a field were planted with normal, strain 1, and strain 2 soybeans. all types of soybeans appeared to grow, flower, and produce seeds equally well. there were no externally detectable differences among the strains. experiment 2 small pieces of plant leaves of equal weight were obtained from each type of soybean plant and separately placed on media in culture dishes. tissue growing in this way will become an unorganized clump of cells referred to as callus. to provide a controlled nitrogen source, half the tissue samples of each type were placed on media containing urea, and the other half of the samples were placed on media containing ammonia. after 30 days, the weight gain for each of the callus samples was determined. results are shown in the table below.